Runna vs Strava
RunnaDifferenze, analogie e come funzionano meglio insieme
Strava e Runna sono strumenti potenti che offrono supporto ai runner in modi diversi. In apparenza si somigliano: entrambe sono applicazioni per dispositivi mobili che aiutano le persone a migliorare la propria forma fisica e a tenere traccia dei propri allenamenti; possono connettersi a un orologio o a un telefono GPS ed entrambe permettono di rivedere i progressi nel tempo.
Tuttavia, hanno scopi molto diversi. Strava è un'app sociale di tracking del fitness incentrata sulla condivisione di attività, sull'iscrizione a club e sul confronto con gli altri. Runna, invece, è un personal coach di corsa, creato per fornire piani di allenamento strutturati e specifici per i tuoi obiettivi, con una guida esperta.
Viste queste differenze, le due app sono altamente complementari. Puoi usare Runna per allenarti meglio, condividendo i tuoi progressi e festeggiando le tappe fondamentali con la tua community su Strava.
Elenco delle funzionalità
Piani di allenamento strutturato
Guida di coach esperti
Adattamenti dinamici del piano
Sessioni di resistenza, mobilità e pilates
Piani gratuiti adatti ai principianti
Sincronizzazione dell'allenamento con gli orologi (Garmin, Apple ecc.)
Tracking dei progressi e cronologia degli allenamenti
Segui gli amici e fatti seguire
Community ed eventi dei club
Classifiche e competizioni per segmento
Individuazione e pianificazione di percorsi
Supporto multisport (ciclismo, nuoto ecc.)
Sincronizzazione tra le due app
Runna premium
Runna sets itself apart by delivering professional, structured coaching that adapts to you personally. While Strava logs what you’ve done, Runna supports your training by showing you what to do next, providing a plan to follow with built-in adjustments for missed runs, changing race goals, or shifting schedules. The plans are designed by expert coaches and include not just runs, but also strength, mobility, and Pilates to keep you healthy and strong. Runna’s community feed keeps you connected with people on similar journeys, without the pressure of a traditional social network. It’s your personal coach, plan, and support network in one.
Structured training plans
Runna is designed around professional training plans, built for goals ranging from couch-to-5k to sub-3-hour marathons. You select a plan based on your goal, experience, and weekly availability, and the app builds a calendar of workouts that adapt over time.
Strava doesn’t offer structured plans by default. You can manually follow a plan, but there’s no built-in coaching experience.
Coaching expertise and guidance
Runna’s plans are created by experienced running coaches and offer explanations for each workout, tips on pacing, recovery advice, and training theory. This transforms it from a tracking tool into a true training companion.
Strava doesn’t include workout guidance, reasoning behind sessions, or any coaching content unless added via a third-party integration.
Adaptability and dynamic adjustments
If you miss a workout, go on holiday, or change your race date, Runna allows you to adjust your plan on the fly. You can shift your schedule, repeat weeks, or re-target a different event, and the app will rebuild your plan accordingly.
Strava doesn’t offer dynamic plan adjustments, since it isn’t built around training calendars.
Strength, mobility, and pilates
Beyond running, Runna includes sessions for strength training, mobility, and Pilates, all built specifically to support runners with injury prevention, recovery, and performance in mind.
Strava can log these types of sessions, but it doesn’t include pre-built workouts or instructional content.
Free intro plans and affordable coaching
Runna offers free beginner plans like “New to Running” and “Return to Running”, giving users a no-cost path to build their fitness. Paid plans provide more advanced features and full access to personalized training.
Strava also has a free tier, but most of its advanced features (like segment analysis, route building, and training data breakdowns) are locked behind a Premium subscription.
Strava subscription
Strava stands out for its broad social connectivity and multi-sport versatility, making it a go-to app for athletes of all types. While Runna focuses on structured coaching, Strava gives users a place to share their workouts, follow friends, and compete on segments no matter what sport they do, whether that’s running, cycling, swimming, hiking, or something else entirely. Its powerful route discovery tools, community clubs, and leaderboards help people stay motivated through friendly competition and connection. If you thrive on encouragement, kudos, and seeing what your friends are up to, Strava’s social tools are a clear advantage.
Activity tracking for dozens of sports
Strava supports more than just running. You can log cycling, hiking, swimming, skiing, rowing, gym workouts, and even manual entries for things like yoga or mobility. It’s built to be an all-sport journal for endurance athletes and weekend warriors alike.
Runna, in contrast, is built specifically for runners and includes targeted support for running, strength training, mobility, and Pilates, but doesn’t offer the multi-sport breadth that Strava does.
Segments and leaderboards
Strava's segment feature lets users compete over specific stretches of road or trail (e.g., a local hill or park loop). Each run automatically checks if you’ve run a segment and compares your time against others on the leaderboard.
Runna doesn’t include segments or community competition. It emphasizes individual performance and structured progression, rather than competitive tracking.
Clubs, events, and group challenges
Strava allows users to join clubs, whether they’re local running groups or global communities around brands or causes. Clubs can host events, post updates, and create group challenges to keep people engaged.
While Runna does offer team challenges and group plan options, especially for corporate wellness or partner integrations, it’s more limited than Strava’s large-scale, open club system.
Route building and discovery
Strava Premium includes a powerful route builder with heatmaps, elevation, and surface type indicators. It also allows you to discover popular running or cycling routes near you, based on millions of community uploads.
Runna doesn’t currently offer route planning or community-based discovery tools.
Social feed, following, and friends
Strava offers a fully developed social network for athletes. Users can follow friends, pro athletes, or clubs, and their feed updates in real-time with all public activities those people upload: runs, rides, swims, hikes, and even gym workouts. You can give "kudos" (likes), leave comments, and interact much like you would on Instagram or Facebook, but focused around fitness.
This kind of person-to-person connectivity is central to Strava’s identity. It’s designed to keep you engaged through your broader fitness circle, even if you’re not training together in person.
In contrast, Runna’s community feed is context-based. You don’t follow individuals, and you won’t see a global stream of activity. Instead, updates come from users in shared communities, like people training for the same race. It fosters a more focused and supportive environment, without the constant activity stream of a traditional social feed.
Funzionalità condivise e vantaggi sovrapposti
Nonostante i loro obiettivi siano diversi, Runna e Strava hanno funzionalità che si sovrappongono in alcune aree:
- Sincronizzazione degli allenamenti: entrambe le app possono sincronizzarsi con gli orologi GPS (Garmin, Apple Watch, Coros ecc.) e le piattaforme di fitness (Apple Health, Google Fit). Puoi anche sincronizzare gli allenamenti tra Runna e Strava, in modo che i tuoi follower di Strava possano vedere le tue sessioni Runna completate.
- Monitoraggio dei progressi: entrambe mostrano le cronologie, i record personali e i dati di allenamento. Puoi rivedere le tue prestazioni, il ritmo e le tendenze nel tempo in entrambe le app.
- Utilizzo orientato agli obiettivi: che tu stia puntando a una 10 km più veloce o voglia semplicemente mantenerti in attività, entrambe le app ti aiutano a rimanere in pista in modi diversi: Strava usa la community e Runna la struttura.
Utilizzare Runna e Strava insieme
La vera magia avviene quando usi Runna e Strava in tandem.
Usa Runna per allenarti con intelligenza: segui un piano creato dal coach in base ai tuoi obiettivi e ai tuoi programmi e integra lavori di resistenza e mobilità per uno sviluppo completo.
Usa Strava per mantenere la motivazione e stare in compagnia: condividi i tuoi progressi con gli amici, gareggia su segmenti e tieni traccia delle tue serie e dei tuoi record personali.
Poiché gli allenamenti di Runna possono sincronizzarsi automaticamente con Strava, la tua community potrà tifare per te anche se segui un piano strutturato e privato. Questa combinazione ti offre sia una guida esperta che un supporto sociale, così mantenere impegno e costanza sarà più facile.
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